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  Message Not Read  Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/16/2026 10:40:43 AM 

Our AD is presenting an overview of department strategy, personnel changes and fundraising initiatives on 4/16 at 2 p.m.

Link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4a45c467-d17f-4c62-a008-aff9be822112@f3308007-477c-4a70-8889-34611817c55a

 

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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/17/2026 9:09:29 AM 
SBH wrote:
Our AD is presenting an overview of department strategy, personnel changes and fundraising initiatives on 4/16 at 2 p.m.



Anything noteworthy discussed?
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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/18/2026 10:49:48 AM 
Pablum. Very disappointed in the lack of detail in Slade's presentation.

One shocking fact: Nearly 8 months into our capital campaign for football - after all serious donors undoubtedly have been courted - Donny Harrison's $2 million commitment has attracted only $500k in additional funds. We can't do anything meaningful for less than $20M. I've heard that Donny is very disappointed.

Also disappointing was the lack of substantive questions from BOT members, particularly Bob Wolfinger, who is highly engaged with Ohio Athletics. Not a single question about how we are positioned vs. peer institutions to handle NIL and revenue sharing. No discussion of competitive disadvantages (facilities/funding). Nada.

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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/18/2026 11:21:48 AM 
I'll say it again - the administration does not care about sports. They care about academics (good) and profit. They care about football inasmuch as it provides profit. Everyone else? Good luck to ya, because you're not even an afterthought. More like a nuisance.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/18/2026 3:36:54 PM 
GraffZ06 wrote:
I'll say it again - the administration does not care about sports. They care about academics (good) and profit. They care about football inasmuch as it provides profit. Everyone else? Good luck to ya, because you're not even an afterthought. More like a nuisance.


This might have been true about some past administrations. I don't think it's true of the current one.


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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/18/2026 7:34:09 PM 
Is a BOT meeting really a place where a tough question is going to be asked?

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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/19/2026 8:48:02 AM 
These don't seem to be hard questions; they're obvious ones. If we can't answer them in a public forum, we're farther behind than I thought.

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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/19/2026 10:59:59 AM 
SBH wrote:
These don't seem to be hard questions; they're obvious ones. If we can't answer them in a public forum, we're farther behind than I thought.



Can we not answer, or did w/nobody ask?
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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/19/2026 3:02:44 PM 
SBH wrote:
Pablum. Very disappointed in the lack of detail in Slade's presentation.

One shocking fact: Nearly 8 months into our capital campaign for football - after all serious donors undoubtedly have been courted - Donny Harrison's $2 million commitment has attracted only $500k in additional funds. We can't do anything meaningful for less than $20M. I've heard that Donny is very disappointed.

Also disappointing was the lack of substantive questions from BOT members, particularly Bob Wolfinger, who is highly engaged with Ohio Athletics. Not a single question about how we are positioned vs. peer institutions to handle NIL and revenue sharing. No discussion of competitive disadvantages (facilities/funding). Nada.



I understand completely. People don't think it's worth their money. If I could give 2M away, it would be for some cause or causes, far more important than paying these players.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/19/2026 4:59:53 PM 
giacomo wrote:
SBH wrote:
Pablum. Very disappointed in the lack of detail in Slade's presentation.

One shocking fact: Nearly 8 months into our capital campaign for football - after all serious donors undoubtedly have been courted - Donny Harrison's $2 million commitment has attracted only $500k in additional funds. We can't do anything meaningful for less than $20M. I've heard that Donny is very disappointed.

Also disappointing was the lack of substantive questions from BOT members, particularly Bob Wolfinger, who is highly engaged with Ohio Athletics. Not a single question about how we are positioned vs. peer institutions to handle NIL and revenue sharing. No discussion of competitive disadvantages (facilities/funding). Nada.



I understand completely. People don't think it's worth their money. If I could give 2M away, it would be for some cause or causes, far more important than paying these players.


You might be onto something there. I have and do donate to Ohio athletics and sports teams. If I had $2M burning a hole in my pocket I'd absolutely consider donating to Ohio University. That being said - I'm not sure I'd want my $2M donation to just end up in the pockets of 19 year olds just "because". Give to the institution, not the players. I wonder how many others feel the same way and if it will manifest as an impact on donations.

Places like tO$U have been figuring out ways to line players pockets for decades. They can just do it legally now. So I'm sure they'll have no issues. I'm talking for everyone else.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/19/2026 5:23:58 PM 
This fund is largely intended for facilities improvements, training table and other non NIL purposes.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/19/2026 7:28:09 PM 
This is getting a little off topic but my wife and I recently went to a show at the Schottenstein Center and when I paid for a beer it asked me if I wanted to roundup or leave a few dollars extra with my purchase. It took me a few seconds to register that it was for an OSU athlete NIL fund, not a charity or tip.

I of course left nothing with that purchase, but seems like a tactic OU could employ at games and concerts at the Memorial Auditorium. Bring concerts back to the Convo.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/20/2026 9:28:08 AM 
GraffZ06 wrote:
giacomo wrote:
SBH wrote:
Pablum. Very disappointed in the lack of detail in Slade's presentation.

One shocking fact: Nearly 8 months into our capital campaign for football - after all serious donors undoubtedly have been courted - Donny Harrison's $2 million commitment has attracted only $500k in additional funds. We can't do anything meaningful for less than $20M. I've heard that Donny is very disappointed.

Also disappointing was the lack of substantive questions from BOT members, particularly Bob Wolfinger, who is highly engaged with Ohio Athletics. Not a single question about how we are positioned vs. peer institutions to handle NIL and revenue sharing. No discussion of competitive disadvantages (facilities/funding). Nada.



I understand completely. People don't think it's worth their money. If I could give 2M away, it would be for some cause or causes, far more important than paying these players.


You might be onto something there. I have and do donate to Ohio athletics and sports teams. If I had $2M burning a hole in my pocket I'd absolutely consider donating to Ohio University. That being said - I'm not sure I'd want my $2M donation to just end up in the pockets of 19 year olds just "because". Give to the institution, not the players. I wonder how many others feel the same way and if it will manifest as an impact on donations.

Places like tO$U have been figuring out ways to line players pockets for decades. They can just do it legally now. So I'm sure they'll have no issues. I'm talking for everyone else.


What's even worse is that you're paying to prop up a rotting and corrupt system where mid-majors are destined to be an increasingly irrelevant underclass. The ceiling for MAC schools used to be a Kent State Elite Eight run or our 2012 Sweet Sixteen team. Now the ceiling is what we saw from Akron and Fiami this year (getting squashed in the first round even after Fiami had to do the play-in game), complete with the aftermath of losing top players for the next year.

Call it sour grapes because our team has sucked since its last tournament win, but the whole system has sucked the fun out of it for me.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/20/2026 11:15:36 AM 
Recovering Journalist wrote:
GraffZ06 wrote:
giacomo wrote:
SBH wrote:
Pablum. Very disappointed in the lack of detail in Slade's presentation.

One shocking fact: Nearly 8 months into our capital campaign for football - after all serious donors undoubtedly have been courted - Donny Harrison's $2 million commitment has attracted only $500k in additional funds. We can't do anything meaningful for less than $20M. I've heard that Donny is very disappointed.

Also disappointing was the lack of substantive questions from BOT members, particularly Bob Wolfinger, who is highly engaged with Ohio Athletics. Not a single question about how we are positioned vs. peer institutions to handle NIL and revenue sharing. No discussion of competitive disadvantages (facilities/funding). Nada.



I understand completely. People don't think it's worth their money. If I could give 2M away, it would be for some cause or causes, far more important than paying these players.


You might be onto something there. I have and do donate to Ohio athletics and sports teams. If I had $2M burning a hole in my pocket I'd absolutely consider donating to Ohio University. That being said - I'm not sure I'd want my $2M donation to just end up in the pockets of 19 year olds just "because". Give to the institution, not the players. I wonder how many others feel the same way and if it will manifest as an impact on donations.

Places like tO$U have been figuring out ways to line players pockets for decades. They can just do it legally now. So I'm sure they'll have no issues. I'm talking for everyone else.


What's even worse is that you're paying to prop up a rotting and corrupt system where mid-majors are destined to be an increasingly irrelevant underclass. The ceiling for MAC schools used to be a Kent State Elite Eight run or our 2012 Sweet Sixteen team. Now the ceiling is what we saw from Akron and Fiami this year (getting squashed in the first round even after Fiami had to do the play-in game), complete with the aftermath of losing top players for the next year.

Call it sour grapes because our team has sucked since its last tournament win, but the whole system has sucked the fun out of it for me.


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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/20/2026 3:45:29 PM 
Recovering Journalist wrote:

What's even worse is that you're paying to prop up a rotting and corrupt system where mid-majors are destined to be an increasingly irrelevant underclass. The ceiling for MAC schools used to be a Kent State Elite Eight run or our 2012 Sweet Sixteen team. Now the ceiling is what we saw from Akron and Fiami this year (getting squashed in the first round even after Fiami had to do the play-in game), complete with the aftermath of losing top players for the next year.

Call it sour grapes because our team has sucked since its last tournament win, but the whole system has sucked the fun out of it for me.


Agree 100%.

My interest in college basketball as a whole has declined with the transfer portal/NIL era becoming so prevalent and kind of gutting mid-major's having a legit opportunity to compete. That, combined with the fact that Ohio and the other team I spend time rooting for aren't getting it done.

At Ohio, I could handle it a lot better if the gameday experience wasn't what it is. I'd generally given up ranting about it because it doesn't seem like anyone with the power to improve things actually has an interest doing something. Then, low and behold, at the Miami game to end the season they did a lot of things right that they hadn't done well at all throughout the season. It's pretty frustrating and perplexing from my point of view.

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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/21/2026 1:22:54 PM 
I know its not popular but eventually the university will open its pocket book to get the facility projects over the line. There was a decision when McDavis was president and it was a good one to kick the can on athletic facilities and focus on academic buildings and the dorms. Fairly soon all that construction will be done and the university will have nothing better to do but finish out additions to The Convo and Peden Stadium. Naming rights while not ultra lucrative could chip in against the cost. The decision to renovate and not build new arenas and stadiums by itself is saving the university a lot of money and the university chipping in 20 million here or there to complete a project isn't impossible to handle. The University allocated 110 million recently for the dorms. Also record enollment is a tailwind on the financial side compared to the situation the university was looking at back during the COVID year.


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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/21/2026 10:56:38 PM 
TWT wrote:
. . . .The University allocated 110 million recently for the dorms . . . .


What percentage of this construction cost came from the state capital improvements budget awarded by the General Assembly?


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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/22/2026 7:01:54 AM 
I believe state capital funds cannot be used for dorms. Only academic infrastructure.
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   Posted: 4/22/2026 9:15:08 AM 
TWT wrote:
I know its not popular but eventually the university will open its pocket book to get the facility projects over the line. There was a decision when McDavis was president and it was a good one to kick the can on athletic facilities and focus on academic buildings and the dorms. Fairly soon all that construction will be done and the university will have nothing better to do but finish out additions to The Convo and Peden Stadium. Naming rights while not ultra lucrative could chip in against the cost. The decision to renovate and not build new arenas and stadiums by itself is saving the university a lot of money and the university chipping in 20 million here or there to complete a project isn't impossible to handle. The University allocated 110 million recently for the dorms. Also record enollment is a tailwind on the financial side compared to the situation the university was looking at back during the COVID year.


Honest question, do you think this is going to solve the root cause of the issue? Personally, until this NIL/Transfer Portal starts to get some guardrails around it, I think a mid-major program will struggle to achieve sustained success regardless of how top tier their facilities are. I have no interest in watching a middling Men's Basketball Program in a rennovated convo. I would watch a highly competitive program in Grover Hall tho.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/22/2026 12:02:58 PM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
TWT wrote:
. . . .The University allocated 110 million recently for the dorms . . . .


What percentage of this construction cost came from the state capital improvements budget awarded by the General Assembly?


Zero. The state doesn't allocate funding based on campus square footage as they did back prior to 2007. The funding model is now 100% driven by FTE with the priority on in-state students. The university paid for it by issuing construction bonds and that is how most projects are paid for aside from donor wishlist projects that are lead from a contribution. Last year the Athens campus receieved a total of 177.2 million from the state and its intended to support the operating budget.

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JAF wrote:
TWT wrote:
I know its not popular but eventually the university will open its pocket book to get the facility projects over the line. There was a decision when McDavis was president and it was a good one to kick the can on athletic facilities and focus on academic buildings and the dorms. Fairly soon all that construction will be done and the university will have nothing better to do but finish out additions to The Convo and Peden Stadium. Naming rights while not ultra lucrative could chip in against the cost. The decision to renovate and not build new arenas and stadiums by itself is saving the university a lot of money and the university chipping in 20 million here or there to complete a project isn't impossible to handle. The University allocated 110 million recently for the dorms. Also record enollment is a tailwind on the financial side compared to the situation the university was looking at back during the COVID year.


Honest question, do you think this is going to solve the root cause of the issue? Personally, until this NIL/Transfer Portal starts to get some guardrails around it, I think a mid-major program will struggle to achieve sustained success regardless of how top tier their facilities are. I have no interest in watching a middling Men's Basketball Program in a rennovated convo. I would watch a highly competitive program in Grover Hall tho.


The question is what role does athletics play? For many D3/NAIA colleges having athletics is a direct way of increasing enrollment by attracting students to play the sports. At a D1 university I would argue athletics is more about bringing alumni back to campus. The size and condition of the arena and stadium ends up being a point of pride for alumni. In recruiting the new facilities will help to keep up because the university doesn't have practice courts or a training table currently. Also based on my observation NIL money doesn't have the same impact for mid-majors because of the ceiling on recruiting at that level. Miami can spend that 8 million more on their football roster but its not going to get them really anything they don't have now a team that can challenge for a MAC Championship.


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2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl
2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans
2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field
2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740

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  Message Not Read  RE: Slade Larscheid presenting to BOT today
   Posted: 4/22/2026 12:49:27 PM 
TWT wrote:
. . .Miami can spend that 8 million more on their football roster but its not going to get them really anything they don't have now a team that can challenge for a MAC Championship.


Oh, I wouldn't bet on that.


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   Posted: 4/22/2026 1:03:25 PM 
SBH wrote:
I believe state capital funds cannot be used for dorms. Only academic infrastructure.


You appear to be correct on this matter. I checked and found out in the last biennium Ohio received $56 million in capital improvement funds from the General Assembly. Most of these funds were used for the construction of a new three-story, 120,000-square-foot building for the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. The new building, now under construction, is located on Union Street near main medical school building. Additionally, the funds also supported the renovation of the Human Resources Training Center. I think that this is in the west wing of Grosvenor Hall.

Many years ago, when the West Green was under construction, I'm fairly certain there was some state capital improvement funds used as well as a lot of federal money, as the feds used to pay for dormitory construction. That's why there were a few dormitory rooms in the Convocation Center. The feds paid for a small portion of the construction costs on that building because of those dormitory rooms.


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   Posted: 4/22/2026 2:52:13 PM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
SBH wrote:
I believe state capital funds cannot be used for dorms. Only academic infrastructure.


You appear to be correct on this matter. I checked and found out in the last biennium Ohio received $56 million in capital improvement funds from the General Assembly. Most of these funds were used for the construction of a new three-story, 120,000-square-foot building for the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. The new building, now under construction, is located on Union Street near main medical school building. Additionally, the funds also supported the renovation of the Human Resources Training Center. I think that this is in the west wing of Grosvenor Hall.


Do you have an article that supports the 56 million from the general assembly? It appears to me its a one off spot contribution from the state rather dependable money source for buildings. For that reason I definitely wouldn't count it as money the university can rely on. The University has wanted to fill the open lot behind BW3s for years since tearing down the building on that spot but according to the university its required a donation from the business college for that one to start building.


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2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round
2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl
2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans
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2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740

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